Aftershocks of Trauma: The War Within

In the post-9/11 world, Pakistan and America share a mutual enemy and a mental health disorder. The war that has raged on for more than a decade now has left in its wake plenty of demons and debris on both sides. While the physical aftershocks are being tended to, the mental wounds have largely gone unnoticed. Until they began creeping up silently in the form of anxiety, panic, paranoia, depression and full-blown mental disorders or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in extreme cases.